Labour and Piece Rate Records in Manufacturing

Shift attendance and job card output are kept in one place for operators and contract labour. Piece-rate counts come from cards already marked on the floor.

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Who is on record

Own operators

Machine operators, welders, fitters, packers and helpers on your rolls, each with the stages or machines they usually run. Each carries an employee number.

Contract labour

Workers supplied through a contractor are held under that contractor, with the shifts they attended counted against him.

Supervisors and inspectors

Floor supervisors and quality staff, whose names appear on the cards they mark or the batches they clear. Those names stay on the record.

Shifts and attendance

Shift timings are set once for the unit and attendance is marked against them. A biometric or card device at the gate can feed the entry where you have one, and a supervisor list works where you do not. Overtime hours are entered against the shift. Leave and absence are marked, so the planner knows a machine may stand idle the next day. A stage with nobody on it shows before a batch is promised.

Counting piece-rate work

Output from the cards

Pieces passed at a stage are already on the job card with the operator named, so a piece-rate count needs no second register.

Rate per piece or per stage

Your own rate for a stage on a part is held against it, and the earning for a period is worked out from the passed quantity.

Rejections against the count

Whether rejected pieces are paid for is your rule. The system shows passed and rejected separately so either rule can be applied.

Figures for payroll

Shift counts, overtime hours and piece-rate quantities are listed by person and period. Nothing is worked into a wage figure.

What this module does not do

It does not calculate wages, deductions or statutory contributions
It does not file any return or challan for labour
It does not decide a piece rate for any stage
How these figures reach your payroll is a matter for the client and the accountant

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can a biometric device at the gate feed attendance?

It can, where the make and model allow a feed. The device is checked during scoping and the link is quoted separately.

Are contract workers counted the same way?

Their shifts and output are recorded, but they sit under the contractor so his bill can be checked against them.

Does it handle wage payment?

No. It supplies shift and output figures only. The wage working stays with your payroll clerk or your accountant.

Can one worker earn piece rate on several parts?

Yes. Every card the worker is named on contributes its own stage rate, and the period total adds them up.

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